St Martin's Choir
St Martin’s has a strong choral tradition, and is the only parish
in Johannesburg to have Evensong every Sunday. The present
organist and choirmaster, James Gordon, has sung at St George’s
Chapel, Windsor, and King’s College, Cambridge, and has
conducted choirs in Kenya and South Africa.
Each week the choir sings at the morning Eucharist
and Evensong.
At the Eucharist we lead the congregation in a number of different
Mass settings, a psalm, and we sing hymns and motets during
Communion.
At Evensong we sing the responses, psalm, Magnificat
and Nunc Dimittis, and sometimes an anthem, as well as
the hymns (with plenty of descants for the sopranos!).
Once a month we have what we call "Choral
Evensong", where the choir sings special settings to the Magnificat
and Nunc Dimittis, and an anthem, often in five parts.
The organ was refurbished by
The Organ Builders
and is now one of only a few of concert standard in Johannesburg.
We have also recently acquired a Yamaha C4 grand piano. These not only
enrich our worship, but are used for the concerts which happen on the Third
Sunday of the month after Evensong.
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We sing for special occasions in the church year such as
Christmas, Holy Week, Ascension Day and Advent, and about
twice a year we do a concert of a major work in place of
Evensong. We have sung Fauré’s Requiem, Benjamin
Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Handel’s Messiah and
Vivaldi’s and Poulenc’s Glorias in recent years.
We also sing at parish weddings and funerals on request.
The choir practises every Tuesday from
5:45pm to 6:45pm in the Choir Vestry. Evensong is from 6pm to 7pm,
and the Eucharist from 7:30am to about 9:00am. The junior choristers are expected to attend practices and the
7:30am Sunday service, although they may also sing Evensong. They have their own practice
from 4:30-5:30pm on Tuesdays, before joining the adults for the main practice. Junior choristers are paid
pocket money for attending practices and services. If you are
interested in joining the choir for one or both services,
please contact the parish office on 788-5143, or speak to James
Gordon.
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| Date: | 1-Jan-12 | |
| Sunday of the year | 1st Sunday after Christmas | |
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| | 7:30am | APB Eucharist | Shephard |
| | Introit | Hymn replacing Gloria: CP 359 Rejoice, o Land | |
| | Psalm | 111 | Sheet |
| | Gradual | CP 46 Behold, the great Creator makes | 2nd tune |
| | Offertory | CP 455 Guide me, O thou great redeemer | |
| | Our Father | Said | |
| | Communion | CP 45 Away in a manger | Sheet |
| | Final Hymn | CP 448 God of grace | Descant |
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| | 6pm | No Evensong | |
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| 3-Jan-12 | 16:30 | Junior choir restarts | |
| | 3-Jan-12 | 17:45 | Choir practices restart | |
| | 8-Jan-12 | 7:30 | Eucharist as usual | |
| | 8-Jan-12 | 18:00 | Evensong restarts | |
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APB = Anglican Prayer Book (new prayer book)
SAPB = South African Prayer Book (old prayer book)
CP = Common Praise
G. = Green book (English Hymnal)
R. = Red book (Hymns Ancient and Modern Revised)
B. = Blue book (St Martin’s Songbook)
C. = Hundred Hymns for Today/More Hymns for Today
COC = Cross of Christ
SOF = Songs of Fellowship
CB = 100 Carols for Choirs
AB = anthem book |
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